Girl Haunts Boy: Good Ideas Lurk Under All the Fluff
ReviewJim SlotekGirl Haunts Boy, YA, YA entertainment and themes, Emily Ting, Andrea Navedo, Phoebe Holden, Michael Cimino, Peyton List, Girl power, Haunting, Ghosts
Compulsus: Vengeance, Thy Name Is Woman
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCompulsus, Tara Thorne, Lesley Smith, Kathleen Dorian, Directorial debut, Vengeance, Female Vengeance, Thriller, Drama, Lesbian
The Apprentice: The Miseducation of Donald J. Trump
Woman of the Hour: The War Between Men and Women Propels Ace True-Crime Drama
Don’t F**k with Ghosts: Low-Budget Comedy F**ks with Faux Phantoms for Fun… and Fright
ReviewJim SlotekDon’t F**ck with Ghosts, Comedy, Horror, Horror-comedy, Canadian, Stuart Stone, Adam Rodness, Josh Cruddas, Ken Sky, Tony Nappo, Ray Strachan
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field Is Exactly as Advertised
ReviewJim SlotekHappy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field, Documentary, Fashion, Fashion icons, Michael Selditch, Patricia Field, Darren Star, Kim Cattrall, Lily Collins, Sarah Jessica Parker, The Devil Wears Prada, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, Emily in Paris
Joker: Folie à Deux - A Mad Musical, Court Procedurial, Fantasy-Filled Vision that is DEFINITELY not Canon
The Outrun: Orkney Landscape Underscores the Power of Setting, Fellowship in Addiction Recovery Tale
ReviewJim SlotekThe Outrun, Adaptation, Alcoholism, Scotland, Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Dillane, Saskia Reeves, Memoir
Blink: Visually Gorgeous, Heartfelt Doc Illustrates What Counts Most in the World
The Wait: Plenty of Atmosphere, Not Enough Story
ReviewJim SlotekThe Wait, Spanish Films, Horror, F. Javier Gutierrez, Ruth Diaz, Pedro Casablanc, Victor Clavijo, Drama, Thriller, Morality tale, Fable
Frankie Freako: A Film That Could Work… If It Were 1986
ReviewJim SlotekFrankie Freako, Comedy, Horror, Canadian comedy, Stephen Kostanski, Conor Sweeney, Adam Brooks, Kristy Wordsworth, Matthew Kennedy, Rich Evans, Meredith Sweeney, 1980s
Matt and Mara: Not Quite a Romance, But Two People Who Disrupt Each Other's World
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDirector Kazik Radwanski, Conflicted relationships, How Heavy This Hammer, Anne at 13, 000 ft., Matt and Mara, Films set in Toronto, Deragh Campbell, Matt Johnson, Mournir Al Shami
Saturday Night: The Chaos of SNL's Opening Night is a Non-Stop Roller-Coaster of Anxiety
ReviewJim SlotekSaturday Night Live, Saturday Night movie, Director/co-writer Jason Reitman, 1975, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Young actors playing comedy legends, Lamorne Morris, Ella Hunt, Cory Michael Smith, Gabriel LaBelle, J.K. Simmons, Milton Berle
The Wild Robot: Marooned Automaton Seeks Meaning in an Animated Film that's All Heart
ReviewJim SlotekAnimated films, Robot protagonists, Talking animals, AIs as surrogate mothers, The Wild Robot, Directed by Chris Sanders, Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Hamill, Ving Rhames, Catherine O’Hara
Seeking Mavis Beacon: Image is Everything in Uneven Documentary
Die Alone: A Love Story to Literally Rip Your Heart Out
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
ReviewJim SlotekSugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential Schools
Megalopolis: What’s The Big Idea? Francis Ford Coppola Has Many, And They All Live Here
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekMegalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, TIFF 24, Drama, Sci fi, Cannes, Futuristic
Lee: Kate Winslet Shines In A Film About War Seen Through A Woman’s Eyes
ReviewJim SlotekLee, Biopic, TIFF 23, Ellen Kuras, Kate Winslet, Noémie Merlant, Andy Samberg, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Alexander Skarsgård, World War II, Drama, Women's stories
Nobody Wants This: Kristen Bell And Adam Brody Bring Big Chemistry to An L.A. Love Story
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekNobody Wants This, Netflix, rom-com, Erin Foster, Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Timothy Simons, Tovah Feldshuh, Justine Lupe, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Series
